forecastn.
/ˈfɔːkɑːst/, /ˈfɔːkast/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌkæst/ 1.
a. The action, habit, or faculty of forecasting; foresight of consequences and provision against them, forethought, prudence. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [noun]
purveyancec1300
forelook1357
providencea1382
purveyinga1382
provisiona1398
advice?a1439
prospiciencea1500
fore-wit?1504
forecasta1542
providency1602
forethoughtfulness1647
prospection1659
forethought1719
a1542 T. Wyatt Psalm vi. Prol. 17 in Coll. Poems (1969) The wisdome and fore-cast (Wych wo to Remes when that thes Kynges doth lakk).
1644 F. Quarles Barnabas & Boanerges 97 Give me a wise fore-cast, that the subtilty of the Devill may not entrap me.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. vii. 106 He has invention, forecast, and contrivance.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. xi. 104/1 The doctrine, which Swift, with the keen forecast of genius, dimly anticipated.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xvi. 178 Evils..which no forecast could avert.
b. A forecasting or anticipation; a conjectural estimate or account, based on present indications, of the course of events or state of things in the future, esp. with regard to the weather.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun] > instance of
forethoughta1400
cast1519
forecasta1673
precalculation1841
calculation1848
lookahead1896
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction
weather-prophecy1843
forecast1862
weather-cast1866
weather-forecast1883
weather-making1883
weather prediction1909
nowcast1971
a1673 Caryl in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1878) V. Ps. cvi. 7 What were these fearful forecasts..but the overflowings of unbelief.
1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 53 A forecast of the wearisome day that lies before me.
1862 Times 12 Apr. Too little critical attention has been given to the ‘wet or dry’ part of our forecasts.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 10 Is not the shield of Achilles..a forecast of the future?
1930 Observer 14 Sept. 17 The previous forecast of no serious gale.
1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 2 It proved to be one of those occasions when the forecast says ‘widespread rain’ and all that follows is a display of cloud.
1957 Times 11 May 7/1 Forecasts for period 6 a.m. to midnight.
a. Design, purpose, aim.
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the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose
willeOE
highOE
thoughtOE
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attenta1250
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intendment1450
supposing?c1450
pretensionc1456
intellectionc1460
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minting?a1513
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mindfulness1530
cogitationa1538
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forecast1549
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tention1587
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aim1598
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idea1617
contemplationa1631
speculation1631
view1634
way of thinking1650
designation1658
tend1663
would1753
predetermination1764
will to art1920
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jas. iv. f. xxxviv To set theyr forcastes vpon muckryng vp of riches.
?1670 Invincible Pride of Women (single sheet) It is her forecast to Contrive to rise about the hour of Noon.
b. A plan, scheme, or device made beforehand. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan
redeeOE
devicec1290
casta1300
went1303
ordinancec1385
intentc1386
imaginationa1393
drifta1535
draught1535
forecast1535
platform1547
ground-plat?a1560
table1560
convoy1565
design1565
plat1574
ground-plota1586
plot1587
reach1587
theory1593
game1595
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projecting1616
navation1628
approach1633
view1634
plan1635
systema1648
sophism1657
manage1667
brouillon1678
speculationa1684
sketch1697
to take measures1698
method1704
scheme1704
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outline1760
measure1767
restorative1821
ground plan1834
strategy1834
programme1837
ticket1842
project1849
outline plan1850
layout1867
draft1879
dart1882
lurk1916
schema1939
lick1955
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. ix. 14 Oure forecastes are but vncertayne.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 162 That forecast or decree by the power of which the world was.
1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (ed. 7) VIII. 172 What an admirable forecast in my dearest life! A repast so elegant [etc.].
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part
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outshooting1310
nosec1400
startc1400
spout1412
snouta1425
outbearingc1425
outstanding?c1425
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forecast1580
projection1592
sprout1598
eye1600
shooting forth1601
lip1608
juttying1611
prominent?1611
eminence1615
butting1625
excursiona1626
elbow1626
protrusion1646
jettinga1652
outjetting1652
prominency1654
eminency1668
nouch1688
issuanta1690
out-butting1730
outjet1730
out-jutting1730
flange1735
nosing1773
process1775
jut1787
projecture1803
nozzle1804
saliency1831
ajutment1834
salience1837
out-thrust1842
emphasis1885
cleat1887
outjut1893
pseudopodiuma1902
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Projects de maisons, when houses haue a little forecast or wall before the gate.
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forecastv.
/ˈfɔːkɑːst/, /ˈfɔːkast/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌkæst/ 1. absolute.1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 3 Since Nature..needfully forecasted, let vs see to what end and purpose, were these Processes ordeined.1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 79 b They fore-cast for backe doores, to come in and out by vndiscouerd.1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 151 Fore-casting also for the young ones a coming.
a. transitive. To contrive or scheme beforehand; to arrange or plan before execution; to foreordain, predestine.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]
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bethinka1225
compass1297
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ordain1340
conjectc1380
imaginec1380
cast1382
ordaina1387
advisec1400
forecast1413
imagec1450
ordainc1450
project1477
foreminda1535
invent1539
aimc1540
practise1550
plat1556
trive1573
meditate1582
patterna1586
plot1589
platform1592
design1594
chew1600
forelay1605
to map out1618
to cut out1619
agitate1629
laya1631
plod1631
cut1645
calculate1654
concert1702
to scheme out1716
plan1718
model1725
to rough out1738
to lay out1741
plan1755
prethink1760
shape1823
programme1834
pre-plan1847
encompass1882
target1948
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > predestine
shapea1000
fordighta1400
foredestinea1400
forecast1413
decree1593
fore-read1617
foredoom1674
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. iii. 52 For sothly his deth was fore cast but if he the better sawe to hym self.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Job xxxiv. 27 Whiche ȝeden awei fro hym bi castyng afore [v.r. fore castynge: L. de industria].
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiii. 218 At the first sight the thing which was forecast by good order, seemeth to happen by adventure.
1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 6 [He] to whom a Soveraign hath intrusted the command of an Army, should well forecast his measures, before he go into the Field.
1751 G. West Education 30 He..warily fore-casting to evade The giant's furious arm, about him wheel'd.
1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 257 The advantageous part her ambition had forecasted.
1871 D. G. Rossetti Ave in Poems 45 On some day forecast in Heaven.
b. To consider or think of beforehand.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] > beforehand
forethinkc897
advise1385
ripea1475
prepense1509
premeditate?1526
forecast1534
prepend1534
precogitate1569
ruminatea1592
preponderate1599
preponder1624
study1663
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. T.3 Who so euer woll not forecast this, no fraude fro hym woll be absent.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus i. ii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 215 He forecasted also what God he were best to cal vpon for ayde.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 254 Fore-casting in what place To set upon them. View more context for this quotation
2. To estimate, conjecture, or imagine beforehand (the course of events or future condition of things). Sometimes with clause as object.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > anticipate, forecast [verb (intransitive)]
castc1384
forecasta1513
forebode1711
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > anticipate, forecast [verb (transitive)]
to cast dangerc1449
forecasta1513
preventa1533
foredeem1542
premeditate1566
foretake1588
fore-run1591
foreprise1597
to lay one's account with (also on, for)1606
foreguess1640
prospect1652
precalculate1840
pre-empt1928
second-guess1941
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [verb (intransitive)] > predict weather
forecasta1513
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxvi The whiche forecastyng ye great shedyng of Cristen mannys bloode..made such affectuouse labour, yt with great dyffycute he pacyfyed them agayn.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxi Quene Margaret..euer forcastyng and doubtyng, the chaunce that might happen.
a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 220 Ionah..fore-casted dangers in his calling.
1734 J. Swift Strephon & Cloe in Beautiful Young Nymph 23 A prudent Builder should forecast How long the Stuff is like to last.
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 79 No skill..could forecast Th'..approach of this destructive blast.
1859 R. C. Trench Hulsean Lect. 1845–6 (ed. 4) 121 How little..could friend or foe..have forecast that out of it..should unfold itself a poetry..greater..than any which the old world had seen.
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 134 I am..quite unable to forecast the future with regard to this matter.
3. (? from the n.) To take a forecast of (the sky, weather); to exhibit a forecast of; to foreshadow.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)]
forecomea1300
to say beforec1384
signifyc1384
pretendc1425
prefigurec1429
preostendc1429
prefigurate1530
prefigurate1530
adumbrate1537
promise1556
premonstrate1562
foresignify1565
presignify1570
shadow1574
foreshadow1577
presage1583
fore-run1590
presign1590
fore-read1591
figure1595
type forth, out1596
fore-point1601
foreshow1601
prophesy1608
foretella1616
foretypea1618
forebode1656
harbingera1657
pretypify1658
pretype1659
forespeak1667
to figure out1721
forecast1883
favour1887
precourse1888
precursea1892
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [verb (transitive)] > predict weather condition or phenomenon
forecast1883
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [verb (transitive)] > predict weather condition or phenomenon > make a forecast of (the sky, etc.)
forecast1883
1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 94 They forecasted the sky, and planned the toils of the morrow.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 33 His..explication of æsthetic impressions forecasts Diderot.
Derivatives
foreˈcasted adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [adjective] > predicted (of weather)
forecasted1882
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [adjective] > forecasted
foredeemed1587
forethought1666
forecasted1882
1882 C. P. Smyth in Nature 5 Oct. 552/1 A single..communication of fore-casted weather.
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